Tag: Scams

A reader on one of my flashlight scam posts recently pointed out that I was serving up the same scam ads as I was warning against. My apologies for that, but it’s hard not to run a web site without some of that stuff slipping through. Mostly they are hoping that

This is a new flavor of the same flashlight scam which mutates almost every single day. It’s easy to spot because they use phrases like “controversial military technology” and “bright enough to blind a bear” and “flying off the shelves” among others. The AlimiTact X700 scam is in good company

This is yet another mutation of the G700 flashlight scam, also known as the Light Strike 360, also known as different flavors of the X800, and even more variations, which are all just a $6 cheap Chinese flashlight for a lot more than $6. If you searched one of their

My articles exposing this scam and the threads on Budget Light Forum must be having an effect, because this scam is mutating faster than the Ebola virus. I’ve covered this scam in great detail, even though it seems like a losing battle. The gist of the T2000 Tactical Flashlight scam

As blogs and flashlight communities call this scam out by name, it just mutates like a virus. This same flashlight sells under at least a dozen different internet domains where each one makes nearly identical, ridiculous claims. I have talked extensively about this scam as the Lightstrike 360, G700 and

Lately I’ve been hunting down all these flashlight scams, which all appear to be run by the same people, because they all use tiny variations of the same ads and photos. So, imagine my surprise when I found out my own sites were serving these scam ads up! Ads are

As a few web sites like this one warn people of the G700 flashlight scam, it seems like new variations of the scam are popping up every day. I saw this ad on my own site! I can block any ad but only after I see it and tell Google

If at first you don’t succeed, increment your product number! This X800 flashlight looks to be a variation on the G700 flashlight scam. The problem with these types of scams is that people fall for them, because the flashlight looks incredible, and that’s hard to fake. And to some extent

If you’re lucky enough to be part of a flashlight community like Budget Light Forum, you know that fantastic and powerful flashlights can be had direct from China for $3 to $10, with resellers on sites like Amazon selling them for only slightly more. So, when people like us see